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The Moon on Friday, February 12, 1988: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on February 12, 1988Waning Crescent

Friday 12 February 1988375,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
375,868 km233,554 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 17, 1988 at 15:54 UTC, 5 days later.

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Friday, February 12, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1988 to the new moon of February 17, 1988, a cycle of 29.44 days.