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The Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on August 1, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 August 1987388,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 1, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
388,652 km241,497 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Saturday, August 1, 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.