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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1988: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Last Quarter at

11:36UTC

Moon phase on July 6, 1988Last Quarter

Wednesday 6 July 1988372,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 1988, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
372,991 km231,766 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 29, 198819:46
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 6, 198811:36
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 13, 198821:53

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 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.