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The Moon on Friday, November 6, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on November 6, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 November 1998362,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 6, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
362,470 km225,228 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Friday, November 6, 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.