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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1988: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

First Quarter at

13:01UTC

Moon phase on October 18, 1988First Quarter

Tuesday 18 October 1988375,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 1988, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
375,879 km233,560 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 10, 198821:49
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 18, 198813:01
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 25, 198804:36

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.