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The Moon on Monday, October 31, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on October 31, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 October 1988395,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 31, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
395,724 km245,891 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Monday, October 31, 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.