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The Moon on Monday, March 7, 1988: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 7, 1988Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 March 1988395,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 7, 1988, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
395,229 km245,584 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1988 is on Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 16:01 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 3, 198816:01
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 11, 198810:56

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Monday, March 7, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1988 to the new moon of March 18, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.