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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on March 13, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 March 1987396,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
396,413 km246,320 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 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.