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The Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on June 9, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 June 1998396,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 9, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
396,084 km246,115 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Tuesday, June 9, 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.