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The Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on January 14, 1986Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 January 1986386,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 14, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
386,637 km240,245 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Tuesday, January 14, 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.