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The Moon on Monday, June 22, 1987: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on June 22, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 22 June 1987395,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 22, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
395,974 km246,047 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Monday, June 22, 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.