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Moon phases December 1988

Last quarter
Thu 01 Dec
06:50 UTC
New moon
Fri 09 Dec
05:36 UTC
First quarter
Fri 16 Dec
05:40 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 23 Dec
05:29 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 31 Dec
04:57 UTC

In December 1988 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, December 1 at 06:50 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, December 9 at 05:36 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, December 16 at 05:40 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, December 23 at 05:29 UTC and the Last Quarter on Saturday, December 31 at 04:57 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%06:50 02 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 03 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 04 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 05 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 06 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 07 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 08 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09New New Moon, 0% lit 0%05:36 10 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 12 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 13 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 14 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 15 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 16First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:40 17 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 23Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%05:29 24 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 25 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 26 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 27 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 28 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 29 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 30 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 31Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%04:57

Exact phase times

December 1988 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on December 1, the New Moon on December 9, the First Quarter on December 16, the Full Moon on December 23 and the Last Quarter on December 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, December 1, 198806:50
New MoonFriday, December 9, 198805:36
First QuarterFriday, December 16, 198805:40
Full MoonFriday, December 23, 198805:29
Last QuarterSaturday, December 31, 198804:57

Friday, December 23, 1988: Cold Moon, 383,629 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1988

Thirteen full moons, one blue

04 Jan Wolf Micromoon 02 Feb Snow Micromoon 03 Mar Worm partial eclipse 02 Apr Pink 01 May Flower 31 May Blue Blue moon 29 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 29 Jul Buck Supermoon 27 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 25 Sept Harvest Supermoon 25 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 23 Nov Beaver 23 Dec Cold