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The Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1986: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

First Quarter at

12:00UTC

Moon phase on June 15, 1986First Quarter

Sunday 15 June 1986381,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 15, 1986, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
381,923 km237,316 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, June 15, 198612:00
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 22, 198603:42

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Sunday, June 15, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1986 to the new moon of July 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.62 days.