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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 March 1998384,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
384,453 km238,888 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 5, 199808:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 13, 199804:34

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1998 to the new moon of March 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.