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The Moon on Monday, June 29, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on June 29, 1987Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 June 1987405,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 29, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
405,709 km252,096 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Monday, June 29, 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.