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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 1988Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 April 1988387,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
387,936 km241,052 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 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.