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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 January 1986398,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
398,586 km247,670 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.