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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1986: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

First Quarter at

16:39UTC

Moon phase on March 18, 1986First Quarter

Tuesday 18 March 1986402,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 1986, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
402,732 km250,246 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 10, 198614:52
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 18, 198616:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 26, 198603:02

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 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.