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The Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1987: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on June 20, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 June 1987387,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
387,889 km241,023 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 18, 198711:03
New Moon (after)Friday, June 26, 198705:37

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Saturday, June 20, 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.