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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 May 1988403,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
403,530 km250,742 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 23, 198816:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 31, 198810:54

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1988 to the new moon of June 14, 1988, a cycle of 29.46 days.