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The Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 19, 1988Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 April 1988382,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
382,879 km237,910 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Tuesday, April 19, 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.