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The Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 11, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 January 1987405,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 11, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
405,242 km251,806 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Sunday, January 11, 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.