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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on October 8, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 October 1998361,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
361,118 km224,388 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 5, 199820:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 12, 199811:11

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 1998 to the new moon of October 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.71 days.