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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1987: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

New Moon at

12:46UTC

Moon phase on March 29, 1987New Moon

Sunday 29 March 1987378,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 1987, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
378,117 km234,951 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1987 is on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at 13:13 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 22, 198716:22
New Moon (this day)Sunday, March 29, 198712:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 6, 198707:48

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.