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The Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1988: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on April 13, 1988Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 April 1988364,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 13, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
364,433 km226,448 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 9, 198819:21
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 16, 198812:00

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Wednesday, April 13, 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.