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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Full Moon at

00:31UTC

Moon phase on January 26, 1986Full Moon

Sunday 26 January 1986388,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
388,015 km241,101 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 389,741 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 17, 198622:14
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, January 26, 198600:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 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.