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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on September 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 September 1988358,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
358,080 km222,500 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 11, 1988 at 04:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.