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The Moon on Monday, November 9, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on November 9, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 November 1987398,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 9, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
398,215 km247,439 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Monday, November 9, 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.