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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1988: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Full Moon at

09:21UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 1988Full Moon

Saturday 2 April 1988397,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 1988, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
397,641 km247,082 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 397,960 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 25, 198804:42
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, April 2, 198809:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 9, 198819:21

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1988 to the new moon of April 16, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.