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The Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Full Moon at

05:34UTC

Moon phase on September 18, 1986Full Moon

Thursday 18 September 1986383,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 18, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
383,039 km238,009 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 381,968 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 11, 198607:41
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, September 18, 198605:34
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 26, 198603:18

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Thursday, September 18, 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.