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The Moon on Thursday, September 25, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on September 25, 1986Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 September 1986404,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
404,316 km251,230 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Thursday, September 25, 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.