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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 1986368,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
368,644 km229,065 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 198620:45

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.