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The Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 7, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 July 1987370,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 7, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
370,150 km230,000 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Tuesday, July 7, 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.