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The Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 10, 1987Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 October 1987387,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
387,735 km240,928 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Saturday, October 10, 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.