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The Moon on Friday, June 26, 1987: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

New Moon at

05:37UTC

Moon phase on June 26, 1987New Moon

Friday 26 June 1987405,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 26, 1987, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
405,406 km251,908 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 18, 198711:03
New Moon (this day)Friday, June 26, 198705:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 4, 198708:34

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Friday, June 26, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 26, 1987 to the new moon of July 25, 1987, a cycle of 29.63 days.