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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on December 26, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 December 1988396,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
396,779 km246,547 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 23, 198805:29
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 31, 198804:57

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 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.