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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1987: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on January 28, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 January 1987358,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
358,887 km223,002 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 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.