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The Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1998: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on October 4, 1998Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 October 1998361,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 4, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
361,565 km224,666 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Sunday, October 4, 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.