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The Moon on Friday, April 10, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on April 10, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 April 1987393,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
393,876 km244,743 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Friday, April 10, 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.