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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on October 8, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 October 1987377,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
377,521 km234,580 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 7, 198704:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 14, 198718:06

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 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.