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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on June 24, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 June 1988394,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
394,132 km244,902 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1988 is on Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 19:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 14, 1988 at 09:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 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.