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The Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1988: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on June 8, 1988Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 June 1988372,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 8, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
372,229 km231,292 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 7, 198806:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 14, 198809:14

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Wednesday, June 8, 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.