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The Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on January 7, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 January 1987391,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 7, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.8% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
391,949 km243,546 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 6, 198722:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 15, 198702:31

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Wednesday, January 7, 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.