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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 1988Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 December 1988400,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
400,125 km248,626 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.