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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1988Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 April 1988377,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
377,508 km234,572 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 16, 198812:00
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 23, 198822:32

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1988 to the new moon of May 15, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.