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The Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on February 1, 1986Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 February 1986371,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 1, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
371,824 km231,041 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Saturday, February 1, 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.