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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Full Moon at

12:46UTC

Moon phase on April 24, 1986Full Moon

Thursday 24 April 1986360,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
360,706 km224,133 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 360,636 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 17, 198610:35
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, April 24, 198612:46
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 1, 198603:22

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 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.