Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°
Moon age
5.0days
Moon phase on April 21, 1988Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, April 21, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
393,442 km244,473 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, April 16, 1988 | 12:00 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, April 23, 1988 | 22:32 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Thursday, April 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.