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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on October 30, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 October 1987370,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,118 km229,980 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.