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The Moon on Friday, March 21, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on March 21, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 March 1986391,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 21, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
391,209 km243,086 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Friday, March 21, 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.