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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on September 29, 1988Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 September 1988373,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
373,452 km232,052 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.