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The Moon on Saturday, April 25, 1987: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 25, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 April 1987380,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
380,486 km236,423 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Saturday, April 25, 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.