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The Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1986: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Last Quarter at

19:30UTC

Moon phase on April 1, 1986Last Quarter

Tuesday 1 April 1986371,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 1, 1986, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
371,923 km231,102 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 26, 198603:02
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 1, 198619:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 9, 198606:08

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Tuesday, April 1, 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.