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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on July 30, 1988Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 July 1988359,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
359,348 km223,289 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 29, 198803:25
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 4, 198818:22

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 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.