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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on March 19, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 March 1986399,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
399,939 km248,510 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 18, 198616:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 26, 198603:02

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.