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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on July 5, 1988Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 July 1988369,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
369,596 km229,656 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 29, 198819:46
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 6, 198811:36

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 14, 1988 to the new moon of July 13, 1988, a cycle of 29.53 days.