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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1988: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 1988Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 June 1988382,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
382,894 km237,919 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1988 is on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 at 10:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 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.