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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 May 1998382,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
382,248 km237,518 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 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.