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The Moon on Friday, April 4, 1986: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on April 4, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 4 April 1986382,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 4, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
382,737 km237,822 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 1, 198619:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 9, 198606:08

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Friday, April 4, 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.