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The Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on June 1, 1988Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 June 1988373,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 1, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
373,733 km232,227 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 31, 198810:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 7, 198806:22

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Wednesday, June 1, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1988 to the new moon of June 14, 1988, a cycle of 29.46 days.