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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on September 30, 1988Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 September 1988379,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
379,689 km235,928 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1988 is on Sunday, September 25, 1988 at 19:07 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 10, 1988 at 21:49 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 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.