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The Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on August 13, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 August 1987375,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 13, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
375,465 km233,303 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Thursday, August 13, 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.