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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on October 25, 1987Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 October 1987375,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
375,366 km233,242 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.