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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on September 20, 1986Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 September 1986391,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
391,540 km243,291 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 18, 198605:34
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 26, 198603:18

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 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.