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The Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1988: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 14, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 February 1988364,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
364,636 km226,574 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 17, 1988 at 15:54 UTC, 3 days later.

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Sunday, February 14, 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.