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The Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 1998Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 September 1998372,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
372,463 km231,438 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 6, 199811:21
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 13, 199801:58

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Saturday, September 12, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1998 to the new moon of September 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.62 days.