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The Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on April 29, 1986Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 April 1986369,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 29, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
369,762 km229,759 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Tuesday, April 29, 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.