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The Moon on Friday, January 9, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on January 9, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 January 1998378,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 9, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
378,315 km235,074 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1997 at 16:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 5, 199814:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 12, 199817:24

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Friday, January 9, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1997 to the new moon of January 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.54 days.