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The Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on March 11, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 March 1998402,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 11, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
402,209 km249,921 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Wednesday, March 11, 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.