Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°
Full Moon at
05:29UTC
Moon phase on December 23, 1988Full Moon
On Friday, December 23, 1988, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
384,687 km239,034 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 383,629 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 23, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 1988 at 05:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, December 16, 1988 | 05:40 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, December 23, 1988 | 05:29 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 31, 1988 | 04:57 |
The Moon around December 23
More about this date
Friday, December 23, 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.