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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 25, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 August 1988361,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
361,685 km224,740 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 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.