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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1987394,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
394,793 km245,313 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 24, 198711:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 1, 198703:48

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1987 to the new moon of September 23, 1987, a cycle of 29.63 days.