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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1987: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on August 22, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 August 1987405,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
405,755 km252,125 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.