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The Moon on Friday, December 30, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on December 30, 1988Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 December 1988404,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 30, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
404,289 km251,213 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1988 is on Friday, December 23, 1988 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Friday, December 30, 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.