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The Moon on Sunday, November 29, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on November 29, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 November 1987375,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 29, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
375,250 km233,169 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 28, 198700:37
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 5, 198708:01

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Sunday, November 29, 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.