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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1986Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 August 1986374,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
374,253 km232,550 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 19, 198618:54
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 27, 198608:39

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.