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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 March 1998393,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
393,109 km244,266 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.