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The Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1988: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 March 1988367,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 13, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
367,997 km228,663 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1988 is on Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 16:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Sunday, March 13, 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.