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The Moon on Monday, January 26, 1987: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 26, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 26 January 1987362,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 26, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
362,193 km225,056 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Monday, January 26, 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.