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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 April 1987384,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
384,640 km239,004 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.