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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 29 August 1988360,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
360,173 km223,801 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 27, 198810:56
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 3, 198803:50

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.