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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 1987: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Last Quarter at

22:15UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1987Last Quarter

Monday 20 April 1987369,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
369,705 km229,724 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 14, 198702:31
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, April 20, 198722:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 28, 198701:35

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 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.