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The Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 19, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 February 1986400,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
400,095 km248,607 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 24, 198615:02

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Wednesday, February 19, 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.