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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on March 18, 1987Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 March 1987378,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
378,861 km235,413 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.