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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 August 1987357,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
357,725 km222,280 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 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.