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The Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1987: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Last Quarter at

16:22UTC

Moon phase on March 22, 1987Last Quarter

Sunday 22 March 1987370,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 22, 1987, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
370,538 km230,242 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 15, 198713:13
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 22, 198716:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 29, 198712:46

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Sunday, March 22, 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.