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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1988: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on October 6, 1988Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 October 1988405,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,129 km251,735 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 2, 198816:59
New Moon (after)Monday, October 10, 198821:49

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1988 to the new moon of October 10, 1988, a cycle of 29.71 days.