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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 16, 1998Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 May 1998386,389 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
386,389 km240,091 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 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.