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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 March 1987404,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
404,212 km251,165 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 7, 198711:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 15, 198713:13

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 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.