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The Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1987: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 25, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 March 1987369,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
369,147 km229,377 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Wednesday, March 25, 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.