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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1987: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Last Quarter at

11:03UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 1987Last Quarter

Thursday 18 June 1987378,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
378,097 km234,939 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, June 11, 198720:49
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 18, 198711:03
New Moon (after)Friday, June 26, 198705:37

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.