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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1998Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 May 1998396,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
396,993 km246,680 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 11, 199814:30
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 19, 199804:35

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 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.