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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on September 22, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 September 1988363,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
363,867 km226,097 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 19, 198803:18
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 25, 198819:07

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.