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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 August 1986366,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
366,460 km227,707 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 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.