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The Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on December 8, 1998Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 December 1998384,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 8, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
384,487 km238,909 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Tuesday, December 8, 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.