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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 1988Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 April 1988388,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
388,331 km241,298 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 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.