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The Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 13, 1986Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 February 1986397,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
397,018 km246,695 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Thursday, February 13, 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.