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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 14, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 May 1998393,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
393,801 km244,697 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.