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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 April 1998405,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
405,667 km252,070 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 11, 199822:24
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 19, 199819:53

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1998 to the new moon of April 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.