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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on April 11, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 April 1986403,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
403,693 km250,843 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 9, 198606:08
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 17, 198610:35

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1986 to the new moon of May 8, 1986, a cycle of 29.67 days.