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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 April 1988404,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,179 km251,145 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.