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The Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on July 12, 1987Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 July 1987358,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 12, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
358,203 km222,577 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 11, 198703:33
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 17, 198720:17

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Sunday, July 12, 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.