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The Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Full Moon at

03:02UTC

Moon phase on March 26, 1986Full Moon

Wednesday 26 March 1986366,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 26, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
366,944 km228,008 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 368,110 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 18, 198616:39
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 26, 198603:02
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 1, 198619:30

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Wednesday, March 26, 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.