Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, July 14, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on July 14, 1988Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 July 1988400,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
400,459 km248,834 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 13, 198821:53
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 22, 198802:14

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Thursday, July 14, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1988 to the new moon of August 12, 1988, a cycle of 29.61 days.