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The Moon on Friday, December 4, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 4, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 December 1987390,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 4, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
390,967 km242,936 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Friday, December 4, 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.