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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 August 1987391,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
391,235 km243,102 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.