Waning · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°
Full Moon at
02:31UTC
Moon phase on January 15, 1987Full Moon
On Thursday, January 15, 1987, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
404,646 km251,435 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 405,177 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 15, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, January 6, 1987 | 22:35 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, January 15, 1987 | 02:31 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, January 22, 1987 | 22:46 |
The Moon around January 15
More about this date
Thursday, January 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1987, or the whole moon calendar 1987.
- The same date one year apart: 1986 · 1988.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.