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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1988: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 1988Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 October 1988405,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
405,793 km252,148 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 2, 198816:59
New Moon (after)Monday, October 10, 198821:49

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 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.