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The Moon on Friday, June 5, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on June 5, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 June 1987393,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 5, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
393,082 km244,250 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 4, 198718:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 11, 198720:49

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Friday, June 5, 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.