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The Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1988: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on June 9, 1988Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 June 1988374,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 9, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
374,348 km232,609 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Thursday, June 9, 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.