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The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1986: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on April 6, 1986Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 April 1986389,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
389,792 km242,206 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1986 is on Wednesday, March 26, 1986 at 03:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 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.