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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 1988400,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
400,408 km248,802 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.