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The Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on February 4, 1987Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 February 1987390,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 4, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
390,700 km242,770 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Wednesday, February 4, 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.