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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1988: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1988Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 March 1988372,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
372,695 km231,582 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1988 is on Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 16:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 11, 198810:56
New Moon (after)Friday, March 18, 198802:02

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1988 to the new moon of March 18, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.