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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on December 30, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 December 1987388,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
388,661 km241,503 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1987 is on Monday, January 4, 1988 at 01:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at 18:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 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.