New moon dates 1988
- 1988: 12 × new moon — 19 January 1988, 17 February 1988, 18 March 1988, 16 April 1988, 16 May 1988, 14 June 1988, 14 July 1988, 12 August 1988, 11 September 1988, 11 October 1988, 9 November 1988, 9 December 1988.
New moon dates 1988
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 19 Jan | 05:25 | passed |
| Wed 17 Feb | 15:53 | passed |
| Fri 18 Mar | 02:01 | passed |
| Sat 16 Apr | 11:59 | passed |
| Mon 16 May | 22:10 | passed |
| Tue 14 Jun | 09:13 | passed |
| Thu 14 Jul | 21:52 | passed |
| Fri 12 Aug | 12:30 | passed |
| Sun 11 Sep | 04:48 | passed |
| Tue 11 Oct | 21:48 | passed |
| Wed 9 Nov | 14:19 | passed |
| Fri 9 Dec | 05:35 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.