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The Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 1, 1988Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 October 1988385,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 1, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
385,873 km239,770 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 198819:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 2, 198816:59

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Saturday, October 1, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1988 to the new moon of October 10, 1988, a cycle of 29.71 days.