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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 August 1988358,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
358,503 km222,763 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 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.