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The Moon on Friday, August 7, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on August 7, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 August 1998375,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 7, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
375,255 km233,172 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 31, 199812:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 8, 199802:10

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Friday, August 7, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1998 to the new moon of August 22, 1998, a cycle of 29.51 days.