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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on March 27, 1986Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 March 1986364,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
364,748 km226,644 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 26, 198603:02
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 1, 198619:30

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.