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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 March 1987385,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
385,340 km239,439 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 15, 198713:13
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 22, 198716:22

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.