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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1987: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on April 22, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 1987372,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
372,844 km231,674 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 20, 198722:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 28, 198701:35

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 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.