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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on January 2, 1986Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 January 1986378,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
378,888 km235,430 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1986 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 27, 198507:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 3, 198619:47

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1985 to the new moon of January 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.48 days.