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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on June 17, 1988Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 June 1988400,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
400,247 km248,702 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 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.