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The Moon on Friday, June 12, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on June 12, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 June 1998385,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
385,826 km239,741 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 10, 199804:18
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 17, 199810:38

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Friday, June 12, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1998 to the new moon of June 24, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.