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The Moon on Friday, December 4, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on December 4, 1998Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 December 1998362,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 4, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
362,427 km225,201 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 3, 199815:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 10, 199817:54

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Friday, December 4, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1998 to the new moon of December 18, 1998, a cycle of 29.76 days.