Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°
Moon age
4.3days
Moon phase on September 15, 1988Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, September 15, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
398,525 km247,632 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 15, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, September 11, 1988 | 04:49 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, September 19, 1988 | 03:18 |
The Moon around September 15
More about this date
Thursday, September 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.