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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1998: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

First Quarter at

11:46UTC

Moon phase on October 28, 1998First Quarter

Wednesday 28 October 1998385,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 1998, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
385,604 km239,603 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 20, 199810:10
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 28, 199811:46
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 4, 199805:18

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1998 to the new moon of November 19, 1998, a cycle of 29.76 days.