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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on March 27, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 March 1988404,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,206 km251,162 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1988 is on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at 09:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 18, 1988 at 02:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 25, 198804:42
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 2, 198809:21

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.