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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 April 1988397,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
397,317 km246,881 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at 12:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.