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The Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1987: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

First Quarter at

11:58UTC

Moon phase on March 7, 1987First Quarter

Saturday 7 March 1987402,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 7, 1987, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
402,377 km250,025 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 28, 198700:51
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 7, 198711:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 15, 198713:13

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Saturday, March 7, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 1987 to the new moon of March 29, 1987, a cycle of 29.50 days.