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The Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 September 1987404,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
404,195 km251,155 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Saturday, September 19, 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.