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The Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1988: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on November 3, 1988Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 November 1988404,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 3, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,533 km251,365 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 1, 198810:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 9, 198814:20

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Thursday, November 3, 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.