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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1986: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 6, 1986Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 March 1986375,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
375,750 km233,480 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 3, 198612:17
New Moon (after)Monday, March 10, 198614:52

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.