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The Moon on Thursday, September 11, 1986: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

First Quarter at

07:41UTC

Moon phase on September 11, 1986First Quarter

Thursday 11 September 1986369,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 11, 1986, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
369,808 km229,788 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 4, 198607:11
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 11, 198607:41
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 18, 198605:34

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Thursday, September 11, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1986 to the new moon of October 3, 1986, a cycle of 29.49 days.