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The Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 11, 1988Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 December 1988375,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 11, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
375,937 km233,596 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Sunday, December 11, 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.