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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on June 18, 1988Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 June 1988402,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
402,632 km250,184 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 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.