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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1986Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 August 1986389,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
389,242 km241,863 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.