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The Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 2, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 September 1987369,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 2, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
369,649 km229,689 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 1, 198703:48
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 7, 198718:13

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Wednesday, September 2, 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.