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The Moon on Monday, April 14, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on April 14, 1986Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 April 1986404,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 14, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,980 km251,643 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Monday, April 14, 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.