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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 July 1988389,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
389,163 km241,815 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 22, 198802:14
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 29, 198803:25

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.