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The Moon on Sunday, June 19, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on June 19, 1988Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 June 1988404,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 19, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
404,116 km251,106 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Sunday, June 19, 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.