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The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on June 15, 1988Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 June 1988393,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
393,702 km244,635 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 14, 198809:14
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 22, 198810:23

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 14, 1988 to the new moon of July 13, 1988, a cycle of 29.53 days.