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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 October 1987367,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
367,283 km228,219 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 1987 at 03:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 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.