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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on December 2, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 December 1987384,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
384,291 km238,787 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 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.