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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1987Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 April 1987372,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
372,945 km231,737 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 14, 198702:31
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 20, 198722:15

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.