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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 1998Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 March 1998401,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
401,155 km249,266 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.