Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°
Moon age
7.0days
Moon phase on August 19, 1988Waxing Crescent
On Friday, August 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
395,106 km245,507 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 19, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 12, 1988 | 12:31 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 20, 1988 | 15:52 |
The Moon around August 19
More about this date
Friday, August 19, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.