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The Moon on Friday, November 4, 1988: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on November 4, 1988Waning Crescent

Friday 4 November 1988405,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 4, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
405,058 km251,691 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Friday, November 4, 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.