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The Moon on Friday, March 28, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on March 28, 1986Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 March 1986363,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 28, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
363,953 km226,150 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Friday, March 28, 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.