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The Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on November 5, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 November 1998358,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 5, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
358,761 km222,924 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Thursday, November 5, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1998 to the new moon of November 19, 1998, a cycle of 29.76 days.