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The Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on June 21, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 June 2008398,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 21, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
398,786 km247,794 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Saturday, June 21, 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.