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The Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1987: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

First Quarter at

18:53UTC

Moon phase on June 4, 1987First Quarter

Thursday 4 June 1987397,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 4, 1987, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.3% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
397,782 km247,170 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 4, 198718:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 11, 198720:49

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Thursday, June 4, 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.