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The Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1987: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on November 15, 1987Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 November 1987399,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 15, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
399,520 km248,250 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 13, 198714:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 21, 198706:33

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Sunday, November 15, 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.