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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 1988366,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
366,340 km227,633 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.