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The Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 7, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 April 1998401,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 7, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
401,599 km249,542 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 3, 199820:19
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 11, 199822:24

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Tuesday, April 7, 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.