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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1987: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on March 14, 1987Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 March 1987392,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
392,770 km244,056 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 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.