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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1988Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 August 1988406,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
406,306 km252,467 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 12, 198812:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 20, 198815:52

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1988 to the new moon of September 11, 1988, a cycle of 29.68 days.