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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on December 7, 1998Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 December 1998378,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
378,227 km235,019 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 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.