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The Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1988Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 August 1988404,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 16, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
404,645 km251,434 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Tuesday, August 16, 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.