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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 May 1998390,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
390,257 km242,494 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 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.