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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 March 1987399,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
399,687 km248,354 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 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.