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The Moon on Monday, May 2, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 May 1988386,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 2, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
386,240 km239,998 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 1, 198823:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 9, 198801:23

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Monday, May 2, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1988 to the new moon of May 15, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.