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The Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1988: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 November 1988402,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 6, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
402,927 km250,367 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Sunday, November 6, 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.