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The Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on June 30, 1987Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 June 1987404,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 30, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
404,152 km251,128 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Tuesday, June 30, 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.