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The Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on February 11, 1986Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 February 1986388,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
388,161 km241,192 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Tuesday, February 11, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1986 to the new moon of March 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.58 days.