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The Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 24, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 October 1987378,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 24, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
378,096 km234,938 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 22, 198717:28
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 29, 198717:10

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Saturday, October 24, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 22, 1987 to the new moon of November 21, 1987, a cycle of 29.55 days.