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The Moon on Friday, April 3, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 3, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 April 1987399,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 3, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
399,512 km248,245 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Friday, April 3, 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.