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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1988Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 May 1988379,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
379,484 km235,801 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1988 is on Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 23:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1988 at 22:11 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 1, 198823:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 9, 198801:23

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.