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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 22, 1988Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 April 1988397,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
397,844 km247,209 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.