Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°
Full Moon at
16:46UTC
Moon phase on November 5, 1987Full Moon
On Thursday, November 5, 1987, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
382,026 km237,380 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Beaver Moon (also called the Hunter's Moon), 382,797 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to November 5, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at 17:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, October 29, 1987 | 17:10 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, November 5, 1987 | 16:46 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, November 13, 1987 | 14:38 |
The Moon around November 5
More about this date
Thursday, November 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in November 1987, or the whole moon calendar 1987.
- The same date one year apart: 1986 · 1988.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.