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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 12, 1988Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 October 1988398,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
398,773 km247,786 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 10, 198821:49
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 18, 198813:01

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1988 to the new moon of November 9, 1988, a cycle of 29.69 days.