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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 August 1987387,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
387,298 km240,656 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.