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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 24, 1998Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 December 1998380,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
380,245 km236,273 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1998 is on Saturday, January 2, 1999 at 02:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 18, 199822:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 26, 199810:46

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1998 to the new moon of January 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.71 days.