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The Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on October 23, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 October 1988361,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 23, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
361,103 km224,379 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Sunday, October 23, 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.