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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1988: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 1988Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 May 1988369,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
369,164 km229,388 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 9, 198801:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 15, 198822:11

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1988 to the new moon of May 15, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.