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The Moon on Friday, December 25, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on December 25, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 December 1987367,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,610 km228,422 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1987 is on Monday, January 4, 1988 at 01:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 20, 198718:25
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 27, 198710:01

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Friday, December 25, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1987 to the new moon of January 19, 1988, a cycle of 29.46 days.