New moon dates 1987
- 1987: 12 × new moon — 29 January 1987, 28 February 1987, 29 March 1987, 28 April 1987, 27 May 1987, 26 June 1987, 26 July 1987, 24 August 1987, 23 September 1987, 22 October 1987, 21 November 1987, 20 December 1987.
New moon dates 1987
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Jan | 13:44 | passed |
| Sat 28 Feb | 00:50 | passed |
| Sun 29 Mar | 12:45 | passed |
| Tue 28 Apr | 01:34 | passed |
| Wed 27 May | 15:13 | passed |
| Fri 26 Jun | 05:36 | passed |
| Sun 26 Jul | 20:37 | passed |
| Mon 24 Aug | 11:58 | passed |
| Wed 23 Sep | 03:08 | passed |
| Thu 22 Oct | 17:27 | passed |
| Sat 21 Nov | 06:32 | passed |
| Sun 20 Dec | 18:24 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.