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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on January 18, 1987Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 January 1987397,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
397,761 km247,157 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 15, 198702:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 22, 198722:46

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 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.