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The Moon on Saturday, November 26, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on November 26, 1988Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 November 1988385,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 26, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
385,708 km239,668 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Saturday, November 26, 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.