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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 October 1988361,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
361,903 km224,876 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.