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The Moon on Friday, April 25, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on April 25, 1986Waning Gibbous

Friday 25 April 1986359,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
359,393 km223,317 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 24, 198612:46
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 1, 198603:22

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Friday, April 25, 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.