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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 1986Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 January 1986375,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
375,470 km233,306 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.