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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1986: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 1986Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 March 1986381,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
381,218 km236,878 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.