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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 19 October 1987397,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
397,120 km246,759 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1987 is on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 04:12 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 14, 198718:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 22, 198717:28

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.