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The Moon on Friday, June 20, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on June 20, 2008Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 June 2008401,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
401,457 km249,454 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 18, 200817:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 26, 200812:10

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Friday, June 20, 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.