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The Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1986: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Last Quarter at

04:41UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 1986Last Quarter

Sunday 2 February 1986370,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 2, 1986, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
370,330 km230,112 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 26, 198600:31
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Sunday, February 2, 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.