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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on March 17, 1986Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 March 1986404,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,276 km251,205 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.