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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 July 1987393,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
393,497 km244,507 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 17, 198720:17
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 25, 198720:38

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 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.