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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 29, 1986Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 May 1986378,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
378,563 km235,228 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 198620:45
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 30, 198612:55

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.