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The Moon on Thursday, April 14, 1988: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 14, 1988Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 April 1988364,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 14, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
364,503 km226,492 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Thursday, April 14, 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.