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The Moon on Monday, April 28, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on April 28, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 April 1986365,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 28, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
365,383 km227,038 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Monday, April 28, 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.