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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1987: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 1987Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 April 1987375,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
375,017 km233,025 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.