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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on January 16, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 January 1998401,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
401,496 km249,478 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 12, 199817:24
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 20, 199819:40

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1997 to the new moon of January 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.54 days.