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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1987: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 1987Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 July 1987405,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
405,425 km251,920 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.