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The Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on March 29, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 March 1988405,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 29, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
405,345 km251,870 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 25, 198804:42
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 2, 198809:21

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Tuesday, March 29, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1988 to the new moon of April 16, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.