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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 20, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 1988367,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
367,431 km228,311 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.