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The Moon on Monday, September 14, 1987: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Last Quarter at

23:45UTC

Moon phase on September 14, 1987Last Quarter

Monday 14 September 1987397,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 14, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
397,371 km246,915 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 7, 198718:13
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, September 14, 198723:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 23, 198703:08

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Monday, September 14, 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.