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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 1986Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 August 1986384,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
384,040 km238,631 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 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.