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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on June 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 June 1987406,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
406,247 km252,430 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 26, 198705:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 4, 198708:34

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 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.