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The Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on June 22, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 June 2008395,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
395,562 km245,791 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Sunday, June 22, 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.