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The Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on April 30, 1986Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 April 1986374,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 30, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
374,671 km232,810 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Wednesday, April 30, 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.