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The Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on August 11, 1998Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 11 August 1998366,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 11, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
366,435 km227,692 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 8, 199802:10
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 14, 199819:49

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Tuesday, August 11, 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.