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The Moon on Monday, June 23, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on June 23, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 June 1986361,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 23, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
361,283 km224,491 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 22, 198603:42
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 29, 198600:53

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Monday, June 23, 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.