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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 April 1988402,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
402,772 km250,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 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.