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The Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on January 18, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 January 1986403,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,179 km250,524 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 17, 198622:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 26, 198600:31

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Saturday, January 18, 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.