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The Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on January 5, 1988Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 January 1988404,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 5, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
404,776 km251,516 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1988 is on Monday, January 4, 1988 at 01:41 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 05:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 4, 198801:41
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 12, 198807:04

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Tuesday, January 5, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1987 to the new moon of January 19, 1988, a cycle of 29.46 days.