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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on April 15, 1998Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 April 1998399,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
399,958 km248,523 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.