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The Moon on Monday, November 2, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on November 2, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 November 1987373,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 2, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
373,180 km231,884 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Monday, November 2, 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.