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The Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on March 19, 1987Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 March 1987376,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 19, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
376,188 km233,753 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Thursday, March 19, 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.