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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1988Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 October 1988373,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
373,272 km231,941 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 25, 198804:36
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 1, 198810:12

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 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.