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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on September 3, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 September 1998377,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
377,586 km234,621 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 30, 199805:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 6, 199811:21

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1998 to the new moon of September 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.62 days.