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The Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on March 30, 1986Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 March 1986366,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 30, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.5% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
366,184 km227,536 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Sunday, March 30, 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.