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The Moon on Friday, September 11, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on September 11, 1987Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 September 1987381,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 11, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
381,209 km236,872 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Friday, September 11, 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.