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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 1998Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 April 1998388,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.9% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
388,102 km241,156 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.