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The Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on November 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 November 1987380,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
380,853 km236,651 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1987 is on Thursday, November 5, 1987 at 16:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Thursday, November 19, 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.