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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1998: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Full Moon at

16:01UTC

Moon phase on July 9, 1998Full Moon

Thursday 9 July 1998384,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 1998, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
384,153 km238,702 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 383,488 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 1, 199818:43
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, July 9, 199816:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 16, 199815:14

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 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.