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The Moon on Monday, February 9, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 9, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 February 1987405,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 9, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
405,689 km252,083 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 5, 198716:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 13, 198720:58

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Monday, February 9, 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.