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The Moon on Monday, March 9, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 March 1998396,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
396,788 km246,552 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 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.