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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on January 22, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 January 1986401,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
401,423 km249,432 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 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.