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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 January 1988398,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
398,487 km247,608 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 05:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 25, 198821:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 2, 198820:52

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.