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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 August 1988371,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
371,999 km231,150 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 20, 198815:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 27, 198810:56

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.