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The Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 2, 1987Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 April 1987395,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 2, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
395,815 km245,948 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 29, 198712:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 6, 198707:48

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Thursday, April 2, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1987 to the new moon of April 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.53 days.