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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1998Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 July 1998369,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,993 km229,903 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 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.