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The Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on September 6, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 September 1987361,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 6, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
361,041 km224,341 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Sunday, September 6, 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.