Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on March 31, 1987Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, March 31, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
386,862 km240,385 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 31, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at 12:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 29, 1987 | 12:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, April 6, 1987 | 07:48 |
The Moon around March 31
More about this date
Tuesday, March 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1987, or the whole moon calendar 1987.
- The same date one year apart: 1986 · 1988.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.