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The Moon on Monday, July 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on July 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 July 1987405,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
405,003 km251,657 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1987 to the new moon of August 24, 1987, a cycle of 29.64 days.