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The Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 1986: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

First Quarter at

02:22UTC

Moon phase on August 13, 1986First Quarter

Wednesday 13 August 1986370,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 13, 1986, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
370,371 km230,138 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 5, 198618:36
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 13, 198602:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 19, 198618:54

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Wednesday, August 13, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1986 to the new moon of September 4, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.