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The Moon on Monday, June 8, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on June 8, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 June 1998399,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 8, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
399,162 km248,028 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Monday, June 8, 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.