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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on September 12, 1988Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 September 1988405,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
405,312 km251,849 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 11, 198804:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 19, 198803:18

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1988 to the new moon of October 10, 1988, a cycle of 29.71 days.