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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on July 26, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 July 1988371,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
371,297 km230,713 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 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.