# Full Moon Calendar 1988

> There are 13 Full Moons and 12 New Moons in 1988. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 4 in Cancer, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 23 in Cancer. There is a Blue Moon (a second Full Moon in one month) on May 31. The Harvest Moon is on September 25. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: March 3 (Partial Lunar Eclipse) and August 27 (Partial Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1988

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-01-04 01:41 UTC | Wolf Moon | 12°54' Cancer |  |
| 1988-02-02 20:52 UTC | Snow Moon | 13°14' Leo |  |
| 1988-03-03 16:01 UTC | Worm Moon | 13°18' Virgo | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| 1988-04-02 09:21 UTC | Pink Moon | 12°51' Libra |  |
| 1988-05-01 23:41 UTC | Flower Moon | 11°48' Scorpio |  |
| 1988-05-31 10:54 UTC | Blue Moon | 10°12' Sagittarius | Blue Moon |
| 1988-06-29 19:46 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 8°15' Capricorn |  |
| 1988-07-29 03:25 UTC | Buck Moon | 6°14' Aquarius |  |
| 1988-08-27 10:56 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 4°23' Pisces | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| 1988-09-25 19:07 UTC | Harvest Moon | 2°55' Aries |  |
| 1988-10-25 04:36 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 1°59' Taurus |  |
| 1988-11-23 15:53 UTC | Beaver Moon | 1°35' Gemini |  |
| 1988-12-23 05:29 UTC | Cold Moon | 1°37' Cancer |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-01-19 05:26 UTC | 28°21' Capricorn |  |
| 1988-02-17 15:54 UTC | 28°12' Aquarius |  |
| 1988-03-18 02:02 UTC | 27°42' Pisces | Total Solar Eclipse |
| 1988-04-16 12:00 UTC | 26°43' Aries |  |
| 1988-05-15 22:11 UTC | 25°16' Taurus |  |
| 1988-06-14 09:14 UTC | 23°31' Gemini |  |
| 1988-07-13 21:53 UTC | 21°41' Cancer |  |
| 1988-08-12 12:31 UTC | 20°00' Leo |  |
| 1988-09-11 04:49 UTC | 18°40' Virgo | Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 1988-10-10 21:49 UTC | 17°48' Libra |  |
| 1988-11-09 14:20 UTC | 17°24' Scorpio |  |
| 1988-12-09 05:36 UTC | 17°22' Sagittarius |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1988?

Wolf Moon: January 3, 1988 at 8:41 PM ET (01:41 UTC on January 4), in Cancer; Snow Moon: February 2, 1988 at 3:52 PM ET (20:52 UTC), in Leo; Worm Moon: March 3, 1988 at 11:01 AM ET (16:01 UTC), in Virgo; Pink Moon: April 2, 1988 at 4:21 AM ET (09:21 UTC), in Libra; Flower Moon: May 1, 1988 at 7:41 PM ET (23:41 UTC), in Scorpio; Blue Moon: May 31, 1988 at 6:54 AM ET (10:54 UTC), in Sagittarius; Strawberry Moon: June 29, 1988 at 3:46 PM ET (19:46 UTC), in Capricorn; Buck Moon: July 28, 1988 at 11:25 PM ET (03:25 UTC on July 29), in Aquarius; Sturgeon Moon: August 27, 1988 at 6:56 AM ET (10:56 UTC), in Pisces; Harvest Moon: September 25, 1988 at 3:07 PM ET (19:07 UTC), in Aries; Hunter's Moon: October 25, 1988 at 12:36 AM ET (04:36 UTC), in Taurus; Beaver Moon: November 23, 1988 at 10:53 AM ET (15:53 UTC), in Gemini; Cold Moon: December 23, 1988 at 12:29 AM ET (05:29 UTC), in Cancer.

### When Are the New Moons in 1988?

January 19, 1988 at 12:26 AM ET (05:26 UTC), in Capricorn; February 17, 1988 at 10:54 AM ET (15:54 UTC), in Aquarius; March 17, 1988 at 9:02 PM ET (02:02 UTC on March 18), in Pisces; April 16, 1988 at 8:00 AM ET (12:00 UTC), in Aries; May 15, 1988 at 6:11 PM ET (22:11 UTC), in Taurus; June 14, 1988 at 5:14 AM ET (09:14 UTC), in Gemini; July 13, 1988 at 5:53 PM ET (21:53 UTC), in Cancer; August 12, 1988 at 8:31 AM ET (12:31 UTC), in Leo; September 11, 1988 at 12:49 AM ET (04:49 UTC), in Virgo; October 10, 1988 at 5:49 PM ET (21:49 UTC), in Libra; November 9, 1988 at 9:20 AM ET (14:20 UTC), in Scorpio; December 9, 1988 at 12:36 AM ET (05:36 UTC), in Sagittarius.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1988?

Yes. The Full Moon on May 31, 1988 at 6:54 AM ET (10:54 UTC) is the second Full Moon of its calendar month in US Eastern time. In other time zones the month can differ.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1988?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 25, 1988 at 3:07 PM ET (19:07 UTC), in Aries.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1988). Free to cite with a link to the source page.