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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on May 15, 1986Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 May 1986397,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.9% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
397,044 km246,712 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 198622:10
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.