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The Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1988: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Full Moon at

15:53UTC

Moon phase on November 23, 1988Full Moon

Wednesday 23 November 1988371,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 23, 1988, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
371,876 km231,073 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Beaver Moon, 372,459 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 16, 198821:35
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, November 23, 198815:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 1, 198806:50

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Wednesday, November 23, 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.