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Moon phases October 1987

Full · Harvest
Wed 07 Oct
04:12 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 14 Oct
18:06 UTC
New moon
Thu 22 Oct
17:28 UTC
First quarter
Thu 29 Oct
17:10 UTC

In October 1987 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Wednesday, October 7 at 04:12 UTC, the Last Quarter on Wednesday, October 14 at 18:06 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, October 22 at 17:28 UTC and the First Quarter on Thursday, October 29 at 17:10 UTC. The full moon is the Harvest Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 07Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:12 08 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 09 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 10 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 11 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 12 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 13 Waning Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 14Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%18:06 15 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 16 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 17 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 18 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 19 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 20 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 21 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 22New New Moon, 0% lit 0%17:28 23 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 24 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 25 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 26 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 27 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 28 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 29First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%17:10 30 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit 70%

Exact phase times

October 1987 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on October 7, the Last Quarter on October 14, the New Moon on October 22 and the First Quarter on October 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonWednesday, October 7, 198704:12
Last QuarterWednesday, October 14, 198718:06
New MoonThursday, October 22, 198717:28
First QuarterThursday, October 29, 198717:10

Wednesday, October 7, 1987: Harvest Moon, 371,874 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1987

Twelve full moons, five super

15 Jan Wolf Micromoon 13 Feb Snow 15 Mar Worm 14 Apr Pink penumbral eclipse 13 May Flower Supermoon 11 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 11 Jul Buck Supermoon 09 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 07 Sept Corn Supermoon 07 Oct Harvest penumbral eclipse 05 Nov Beaver 05 Dec Cold