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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on October 19, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 October 1988371,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
371,468 km230,819 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 18, 198813:01
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 25, 198804:36

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.