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The Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on February 3, 1987Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 February 1987384,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
384,800 km239,104 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 29, 198713:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 5, 198716:21

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Tuesday, February 3, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1987 to the new moon of February 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.46 days.