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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on October 9, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 October 1998365,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
365,174 km226,909 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.