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The Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on September 24, 1986Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 September 1986403,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 24, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
403,783 km250,899 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Wednesday, September 24, 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.