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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on June 23, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 June 1988398,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
398,406 km247,558 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 22, 198810:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 29, 198819:46

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.