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The Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1987: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1987Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 September 1987402,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 20, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
402,408 km250,045 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Sunday, September 20, 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.