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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 12, 1987Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 August 1987369,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
369,477 km229,582 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 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.