Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°
First Quarter at
22:32UTC
Moon phase on April 23, 1988First Quarter
On Saturday, April 23, 1988, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,251 km249,326 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 23, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, April 16, 1988 | 12:00 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, April 23, 1988 | 22:32 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, May 1, 1988 | 23:41 |
The Moon around April 23
More about this date
Saturday, April 23, 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.