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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on April 18, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 April 1986391,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
391,580 km243,317 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 17, 198610:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 24, 198612:46

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 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.