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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on April 27, 1986Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 1986361,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
361,949 km224,904 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 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.