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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on July 31, 1988Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 July 1988360,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
360,494 km224,001 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.