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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1988Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 October 1988380,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
380,366 km236,349 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 10, 198821:49
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 18, 198813:01

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1988 to the new moon of November 9, 1988, a cycle of 29.69 days.