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The Moon on Sunday, July 10, 1988: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 10, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 10 July 1988387,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 10, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
387,845 km240,995 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Sunday, July 10, 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.