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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1986: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on February 8, 1986Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 February 1986375,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
375,239 km233,163 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 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.