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The Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on September 10, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 10 September 1987375,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
375,327 km233,217 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 7, 198718:13
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 14, 198723:45

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Thursday, September 10, 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.