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The Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on July 19, 1988Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 July 1988404,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
404,346 km251,249 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Tuesday, July 19, 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.