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The Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on January 25, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 January 1986391,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
391,643 km243,356 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Saturday, January 25, 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.