Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°
Moon age
16.9days
Moon phase on August 9, 1998Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, August 9, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
368,632 km229,058 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 9, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, August 8, 1998 | 02:10 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, August 14, 1998 | 19:49 |
The Moon around August 9
More about this date
Sunday, August 9, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1998, or the whole moon calendar 1998.
- The same date one year apart: 1997 · 1999.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.