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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 April 1988403,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,481 km250,711 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 23, 198822:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 1, 198823:41

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.