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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1987: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Last Quarter at

18:06UTC

Moon phase on October 14, 1987Last Quarter

Wednesday 14 October 1987403,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
403,159 km250,511 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 7, 198704:12
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 14, 198718:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 22, 198717:28

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.