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The Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 February 1998405,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
405,477 km251,952 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Sunday, February 15, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1998 to the new moon of February 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.48 days.