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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1987: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 24, 1987Waning Crescent

Friday 24 July 1987406,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
406,373 km252,508 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.