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The Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 10, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 10 December 1987405,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
405,100 km251,717 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Thursday, December 10, 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.