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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 1986: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Last Quarter at

19:47UTC

Moon phase on January 3, 1986Last Quarter

Friday 3 January 1986375,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 1986, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
375,074 km233,060 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1986 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 27, 198507:31
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, January 3, 198619:47
New Moon (after)Friday, January 10, 198612:22

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 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.