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The Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on January 29, 1986Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 January 1986378,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 29, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
378,440 km235,152 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 26, 198600:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Wednesday, January 29, 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.