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The Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 March 1998397,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 19, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
397,608 km247,062 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Thursday, March 19, 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.