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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on June 18, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 June 1986365,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
365,545 km227,139 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 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.