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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1986: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on January 6, 1986Waning Crescent

Monday 6 January 1986365,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
365,425 km227,065 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1986 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 3, 198619:47
New Moon (after)Friday, January 10, 198612:22

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 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.