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The Moon on Friday, June 20, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on June 20, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 June 1986358,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,662 km222,862 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Friday, June 20, 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.