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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on January 14, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 January 1987405,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
405,814 km252,161 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.