Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on June 10, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 June 1987364,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
364,854 km226,710 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Wednesday, June 10, 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.