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The Moon on Friday, September 4, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on September 4, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 September 1998372,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 4, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
372,047 km231,179 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Friday, September 4, 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.