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The Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on March 7, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 March 1998389,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 7, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
389,089 km241,769 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Saturday, March 7, 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.