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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 December 1987400,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
400,479 km248,846 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 5, 198708:01
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 13, 198711:41

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 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.