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The Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 1, 1987Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 January 1987358,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 1, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
358,951 km223,042 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 31, 198603:10
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 6, 198722:35

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Thursday, January 1, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 1986 to the new moon of January 29, 1987, a cycle of 29.44 days.