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The Moon on Monday, September 28, 1998: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

First Quarter at

21:11UTC

Moon phase on September 28, 1998First Quarter

Monday 28 September 1998395,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 28, 1998, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
395,316 km245,638 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 20, 199817:02
First Quarter (this day)Monday, September 28, 199821:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 5, 199820:12

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Monday, September 28, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 1998 to the new moon of October 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.71 days.