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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on April 12, 1986Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 April 1986405,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
405,027 km251,672 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 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.