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The Moon on Monday, July 20, 1987: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 20 July 1987397,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 20, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
397,752 km247,152 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Monday, July 20, 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.