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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1988: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on July 9, 1988Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 July 1988384,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
384,197 km238,729 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 6, 198811:36
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 13, 198821:53

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.