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The Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 7, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 May 1987397,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 7, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
397,406 km246,937 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1987 is on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 6, 198702:26
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 13, 198712:50

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Thursday, May 7, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1987 to the new moon of May 27, 1987, a cycle of 29.57 days.