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The Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 10, 1988Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 December 1988378,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 10, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
378,857 km235,411 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 9, 198805:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 16, 198805:40

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Saturday, December 10, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1988 to the new moon of January 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.57 days.