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The Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1987: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 19, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 December 1987368,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
368,296 km228,848 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 13, 198711:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 20, 198718:25

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Saturday, December 19, 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.