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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on September 28, 1988Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 September 1988367,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
367,655 km228,450 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 198819:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 2, 198816:59

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 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.