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The Moon on Monday, July 6, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 6, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 July 1987376,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 6, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
376,206 km233,764 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 4, 198708:34
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 11, 198703:33

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Monday, July 6, 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.