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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on March 15, 1986Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1986403,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
403,624 km250,800 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.