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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on March 12, 1986Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 March 1986395,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
395,504 km245,754 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 10, 198614:52
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 18, 198616:39

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 1986 to the new moon of April 9, 1986, a cycle of 29.64 days.