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The Moon on Monday, May 4, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 May 1998398,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 4, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
398,273 km247,475 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 3, 199810:04
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 199814:30

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Monday, May 4, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.