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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on September 17, 1988Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 September 1988390,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
390,378 km242,570 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.