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The Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1988: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 1988Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 December 1988403,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 3, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
403,384 km250,651 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 1, 198806:50
New Moon (after)Friday, December 9, 198805:36

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Saturday, December 3, 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.