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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 3, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 July 1998403,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,837 km250,933 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 1, 199818:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 9, 199816:01

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 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.