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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 1986366,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
366,087 km227,476 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 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.