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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1987Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 April 1987368,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
368,647 km229,067 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.