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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 1987: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 23, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 23 March 1987369,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
369,499 km229,596 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 22, 198716:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 29, 198712:46

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 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.