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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 August 1987404,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
404,107 km251,100 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 16, 198708:25
New Moon (after)Monday, August 24, 198711:59

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.