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The Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1988: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 11, 1988Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 August 1988403,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 11, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
403,276 km250,584 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1988 is on Friday, July 29, 1988 at 03:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 12:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 4, 198818:22
New Moon (after)Friday, August 12, 198812:31

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Thursday, August 11, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1988 to the new moon of August 12, 1988, a cycle of 29.61 days.