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The Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on October 10, 1998Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 October 1998370,213 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 10, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
370,213 km230,040 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Saturday, October 10, 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.