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The Moon on Friday, September 25, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 25, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 September 1987387,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
387,005 km240,474 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Friday, September 25, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1987 to the new moon of October 22, 1987, a cycle of 29.60 days.