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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1987: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 January 1987370,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
370,625 km230,296 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 22, 198722:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 29, 198713:45

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.