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The Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1998: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

First Quarter at

18:43UTC

Moon phase on July 1, 1998First Quarter

Wednesday 1 July 1998403,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 1, 1998, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,247 km250,566 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 24, 199803:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 1, 199818:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 9, 199816:01

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Wednesday, July 1, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1998 to the new moon of July 23, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.