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The Moon on Monday, February 24, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Full Moon at

15:02UTC

Moon phase on February 24, 1986Full Moon

Monday 24 February 1986378,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 24, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
378,953 km235,471 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 378,453 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55
Full Moon (this day)Monday, February 24, 198615:02
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 198612:17

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Monday, February 24, 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.