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The Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on August 13, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 August 1998368,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 13, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,289 km228,844 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Thursday, August 13, 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.