Waxing · 53.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°
First Quarter at
05:40UTC
Moon phase on December 16, 1988First Quarter
On Friday, December 16, 1988, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
370,372 km230,138 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 16, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, December 9, 1988 | 05:36 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, December 16, 1988 | 05:40 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, December 23, 1988 | 05:29 |
The Moon around December 16
More about this date
Friday, December 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.