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The Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 April 1987397,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 9, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
397,924 km247,258 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 6, 198707:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 14, 198702:31

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Thursday, April 9, 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.