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The Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 10, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 February 1987405,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
405,366 km251,883 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Tuesday, February 10, 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.