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The Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 12, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 July 1998374,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
374,326 km232,595 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 9, 199816:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 16, 199815:14

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Sunday, July 12, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1998 to the new moon of July 23, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.