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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1987: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on June 23, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 June 1987399,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
399,194 km248,047 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 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.