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The Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on March 25, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 March 1986370,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
370,449 km230,186 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Tuesday, March 25, 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.