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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1988: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

First Quarter at

10:23UTC

Moon phase on June 22, 1988First Quarter

Wednesday 22 June 1988401,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1988, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
401,649 km249,573 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 14, 198809:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 22, 198810:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 29, 198819:46

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.