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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 March 1998406,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
406,093 km252,335 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 13, 199804:34
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 21, 199807:38

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1998 to the new moon of March 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.