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The Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on January 20, 1987Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 January 1987390,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 20, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
390,351 km242,553 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Tuesday, January 20, 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.