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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on April 23, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 April 1986363,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
363,728 km226,010 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.