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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on September 2, 1988Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 September 1988381,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.1% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
381,168 km236,847 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1988 is on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at 10:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 27, 198810:56
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 3, 198803:50

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1988 to the new moon of September 11, 1988, a cycle of 29.68 days.