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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 20, 1987Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 March 1987373,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
373,912 km232,338 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.