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The Moon on Sunday, April 13, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on April 13, 1986Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 April 1986405,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
405,508 km251,971 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Sunday, April 13, 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.