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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2008: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Full Moon at

17:31UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 2008Full Moon

Wednesday 18 June 2008405,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 2008, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
405,098 km251,716 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 404,800 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 10, 200815:04
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, June 18, 200817:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 26, 200812:10

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 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.