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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on December 26, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 December 1987371,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
371,615 km230,911 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1987 is on Monday, January 4, 1988 at 01:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.