Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on April 19, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 April 1986385,869 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
385,869 km239,768 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 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.