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The Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1987: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

New Moon at

20:38UTC

Moon phase on July 25, 1987New Moon

Saturday 25 July 1987406,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 25, 1987, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
406,600 km252,649 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 17, 198720:17
New Moon (this day)Saturday, July 25, 198720:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 2, 198719:24

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Saturday, July 25, 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.