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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on July 28, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 July 1988362,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
362,279 km225,110 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1988 at 21:53 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 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.