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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on August 5, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 August 1998384,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
384,856 km239,139 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 31, 199812:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 8, 199802:10

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1998 to the new moon of August 22, 1998, a cycle of 29.51 days.