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The Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on September 30, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 September 1998384,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 30, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.4% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
384,119 km238,680 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 28, 199821:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 5, 199820:12

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Wednesday, September 30, 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.