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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on November 12, 1988Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 November 1988384,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
384,680 km239,029 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1988 to the new moon of December 9, 1988, a cycle of 29.64 days.