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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on January 19, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 January 1987394,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
394,341 km245,032 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 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.