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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 17, 1998Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 March 1998403,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
403,720 km250,860 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.