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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 1988Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 March 1988370,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
370,554 km230,251 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 18, 198802:02
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 25, 198804:42

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1988 to the new moon of April 16, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.