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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 July 1988383,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
383,268 km238,152 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.