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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on October 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 October 1987371,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
371,699 km230,963 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 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.