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The Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 11, 1986Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 January 1986370,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
370,618 km230,291 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 10, 198612:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 17, 198622:14

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Saturday, January 11, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 1986 to the new moon of February 9, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.