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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on December 14, 1988Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 1988370,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
370,980 km230,516 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.