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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1988Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 June 1988369,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
369,377 km229,520 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 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.