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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1987: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

First Quarter at

17:10UTC

Moon phase on October 29, 1987First Quarter

Thursday 29 October 1987370,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 1987, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,168 km230,011 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 22, 198717:28
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 29, 198717:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 5, 198716:46

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 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.