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The Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on June 7, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 June 1998401,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 7, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
401,775 km249,651 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 2, 199801:45
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 10, 199804:18

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Sunday, June 7, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1998 to the new moon of June 24, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.