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The Moon on Monday, August 10, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on August 10, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 10 August 1987360,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
360,355 km223,914 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 9, 198710:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 16, 198708:25

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Monday, August 10, 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.