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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 May 1987365,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
365,063 km226,839 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1987 is on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 13, 198712:50
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 20, 198704:02

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.