Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°
First Quarter at
20:19UTC
Moon phase on April 3, 1998First Quarter
On Friday, April 3, 1998, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
383,751 km238,452 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 3, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, March 28, 1998 | 03:14 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, April 3, 1998 | 20:19 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, April 11, 1998 | 22:24 |
The Moon around April 3
More about this date
Friday, April 3, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1998 to the new moon of April 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1998, or the whole moon calendar 1998.
- The same date one year apart: 1997 · 1999.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.