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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1988: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 7, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 August 1988391,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
391,028 km242,973 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 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.