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The Moon on Monday, April 4, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on April 4, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 4 April 1988391,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 4, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
391,330 km243,161 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Monday, April 4, 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.