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The Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 March 1987404,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 10, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
404,089 km251,089 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Tuesday, March 10, 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.