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Moon phases December 1987

Full · Cold
Sat 05 Dec
08:01 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 13 Dec
11:41 UTC
New moon
Sun 20 Dec
18:25 UTC
First quarter
Sun 27 Dec
10:01 UTC

In December 1987 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Saturday, December 5 at 08:01 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, December 13 at 11:41 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, December 20 at 18:25 UTC and the First Quarter on Sunday, December 27 at 10:01 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 05Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%08:01 06 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 07 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 08 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 09 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 10 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 11 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 12 Waning Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 13Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:41 14 Waning Crescent, 40% lit 40% 15 Waning Crescent, 31% lit 31% 16 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 17 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 18 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 19 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 20New New Moon, 0% lit 0%18:25 21 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 22 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 23 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 24 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 25 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 26 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 27First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%10:01 28 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88%

Exact phase times

December 1987 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on December 5, the Last Quarter on December 13, the New Moon on December 20 and the First Quarter on December 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonSaturday, December 5, 198708:01
Last QuarterSunday, December 13, 198711:41
New MoonSunday, December 20, 198718:25
First QuarterSunday, December 27, 198710:01

Saturday, December 5, 1987: Cold Moon, 393,789 km from Earth.

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