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The Moon on Friday, August 7, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 7, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 August 1987359,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 7, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
359,224 km223,211 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 2, 198719:24
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 9, 198710:17

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Friday, August 7, 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.