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The Moon on Friday, July 15, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on July 15, 1988Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 July 1988402,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 15, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
402,746 km250,255 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Friday, July 15, 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.