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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1987: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 28, 1987Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 March 1987374,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
374,587 km232,758 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 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.