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The Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on April 3, 1988Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 April 1988394,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 3, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
394,586 km245,184 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 2, 198809:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 9, 198819:21

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Sunday, April 3, 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.