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The Moon on Thursday, November 24, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on November 24, 1988Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 November 1988375,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
375,861 km233,549 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 23, 198815:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 1, 198806:50

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Thursday, November 24, 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.