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The Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on September 14, 1988Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 September 1988401,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
401,499 km249,480 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Wednesday, September 14, 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.