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The Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1987: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Last Quarter at

11:41UTC

Moon phase on December 13, 1987Last Quarter

Sunday 13 December 1987399,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 13, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
399,942 km248,512 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 5, 198708:01
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 13, 198711:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 20, 198718:25

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Sunday, December 13, 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.