Waxing · 24.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°
Moon age
4.3days
Moon phase on January 23, 1988Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, January 23, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
368,553 km229,008 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 23, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 05:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, January 19, 1988 | 05:26 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, January 25, 1988 | 21:54 |
The Moon around January 23
More about this date
Saturday, January 23, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1988 to the new moon of February 17, 1988, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.