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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1987: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on September 15, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 September 1987401,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
401,088 km249,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 14, 198723:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 23, 198703:08

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 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.