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The Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on October 11, 1998Waning Gibbous

Sunday 11 October 1998375,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 11, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
375,762 km233,488 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Sunday, October 11, 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.