Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°
Full Moon at
23:41UTC
Moon phase on May 1, 1988Full Moon
On Sunday, May 1, 1988, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
389,989 km242,328 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 388,148 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 1, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, April 23, 1988 | 22:32 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, May 1, 1988 | 23:41 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, May 9, 1988 | 01:23 |
The Moon around May 1
More about this date
Sunday, May 1, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.