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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on September 12, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 September 1986369,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
369,809 km229,789 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.