New moon dates 1998
- 1998: 12 × new moon — 28 January 1998, 26 February 1998, 28 March 1998, 26 April 1998, 25 May 1998, 24 June 1998, 23 July 1998, 22 August 1998, 20 September 1998, 20 October 1998, 19 November 1998, 18 December 1998.
New moon dates 1998
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Jan | 06:00 | passed |
| Thu 26 Feb | 17:25 | passed |
| Sat 28 Mar | 03:13 | passed |
| Sun 26 Apr | 11:41 | passed |
| Mon 25 May | 19:32 | passed |
| Wed 24 Jun | 03:50 | passed |
| Thu 23 Jul | 13:43 | passed |
| Sat 22 Aug | 02:02 | passed |
| Sun 20 Sep | 17:01 | passed |
| Tue 20 Oct | 10:09 | passed |
| Thu 19 Nov | 04:26 | passed |
| Fri 18 Dec | 22:42 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.