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The Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 September 1987380,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
380,370 km236,351 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Sunday, September 27, 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.