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The Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on June 17, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 June 1986370,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 17, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
370,652 km230,312 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 15, 198612:00
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 22, 198603:42

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Tuesday, June 17, 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.