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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 1998: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Full Moon at

20:12UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 1998Full Moon

Monday 5 October 1998358,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 1998, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
358,671 km222,868 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 358,097 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 28, 199821:11
Full Moon (this day)Monday, October 5, 199820:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 12, 199811:11

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 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.