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The Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on February 14, 1987Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 February 1987396,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 14, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
396,998 km246,683 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 13, 198720:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 21, 198708:56

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Saturday, February 14, 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.