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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on September 3, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 September 1987365,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
365,832 km227,317 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 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.