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The Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1987: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

First Quarter at

00:37UTC

Moon phase on November 28, 1987First Quarter

Saturday 28 November 1987372,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 28, 1987, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
372,612 km231,530 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 21, 198706:33
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 28, 198700:37
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 5, 198708:01

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Saturday, November 28, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1987 to the new moon of December 20, 1987, a cycle of 29.49 days.