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The Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on March 22, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 March 1986385,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
385,832 km239,745 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Saturday, March 22, 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.