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The Moon on Saturday, April 11, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 April 1987389,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 11, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
389,331 km241,919 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Saturday, April 11, 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.