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The Moon on Monday, September 21, 1987: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 21, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 21 September 1987399,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 21, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
399,941 km248,511 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Monday, September 21, 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.