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The Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on November 8, 1987Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 November 1987394,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 8, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
394,445 km245,096 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, November 5, 198716:46
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 13, 198714:38

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Sunday, November 8, 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.