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The Moon on Monday, November 7, 1988: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on November 7, 1988Waning Crescent

Monday 7 November 1988400,634 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 7, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
400,634 km248,943 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1988 is on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at 04:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Monday, November 7, 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.