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The Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 1988: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

New Moon at

21:53UTC

Moon phase on July 13, 1988New Moon

Wednesday 13 July 1988397,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 13, 1988, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
397,723 km247,133 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 6, 198811:36
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, July 13, 198821:53
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 22, 198802:14

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Wednesday, July 13, 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.