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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on November 17, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 November 1988370,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
370,233 km230,052 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 14:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 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.