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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1988: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on July 12, 1988Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 July 1988394,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
394,656 km245,228 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.