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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1987: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 1987368,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
368,995 km229,283 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.