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The Moon on Monday, March 30, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on March 30, 1987Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 March 1987382,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 30, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
382,296 km237,548 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Monday, March 30, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1987 to the new moon of April 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.53 days.