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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 29, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 May 1987403,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
403,378 km250,647 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 4, 198718:53

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1987 to the new moon of June 26, 1987, a cycle of 29.60 days.