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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on October 1, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 October 1998377,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
377,816 km234,764 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 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.