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The Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 1987Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 December 1987402,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 8, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
402,847 km250,318 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Tuesday, December 8, 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.