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The Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1988: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 6, 1988Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 August 1988386,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 6, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
386,616 km240,232 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 4, 198818:22
New Moon (after)Friday, August 12, 198812:31

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Saturday, August 6, 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.