Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°
Moon age
2.1days
Moon phase on June 16, 1988Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, June 16, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
397,188 km246,801 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 16, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, June 14, 1988 | 09:14 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, June 22, 1988 | 10:23 |
The Moon around June 16
More about this date
Thursday, June 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 1988, or the whole moon calendar 1988.
- The same date one year apart: 1987 · 1989.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.