Waning · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°
Full Moon at
10:17UTC
Moon phase on August 9, 1987Full Moon
On Sunday, August 9, 1987, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
358,100 km222,513 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 358,010 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 9, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, August 2, 1987 | 19:24 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, August 9, 1987 | 10:17 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, August 16, 1987 | 08:25 |
The Moon around August 9
More about this date
Sunday, August 9, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1987, or the whole moon calendar 1987.
- The same date one year apart: 1986 · 1988.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.