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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on December 28, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 December 1987380,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
380,392 km236,365 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1987 is on Monday, January 4, 1988 at 01:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 27, 198710:01
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 4, 198801:41

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.