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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on June 17, 1987Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 June 1987373,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
373,007 km231,776 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, June 11, 198720:49
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 18, 198711:03

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 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.