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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 May 1998405,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,842 km252,179 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 3, 199810:04
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 199814:30

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.