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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Full Moon at

10:40UTC

Moon phase on July 21, 1986Full Moon

Monday 21 July 1986363,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
363,173 km225,665 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 363,025 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 14, 198620:10
Full Moon (this day)Monday, July 21, 198610:40
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 28, 198615:34

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 7, 1986 to the new moon of August 5, 1986, a cycle of 29.57 days.