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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on June 5, 1988Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 June 1988368,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
368,570 km229,019 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.