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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1998: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Last Quarter at

15:14UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 1998Last Quarter

Thursday 16 July 1998369,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 1998, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.7% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
369,693 km229,716 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 9, 199816:01
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 16, 199815:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 23, 199813:44

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 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.