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The Moon on Monday, December 12, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1988Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 December 1988373,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
373,665 km232,184 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Monday, December 12, 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.