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The Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on June 17, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 June 2008405,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,998 km252,276 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 10, 200815:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 18, 200817:31

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2008 to the new moon of July 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.