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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1988: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 4, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 December 1988401,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
401,305 km249,359 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1988 is on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at 15:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.