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The Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on September 13, 1987Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 September 1987392,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 13, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
392,630 km243,969 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Sunday, September 13, 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.