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The Moon on Friday, July 10, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 10, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 July 1987357,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
357,832 km222,346 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 26, 1987 at 05:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Friday, July 10, 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.