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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1986Waxing Crescent

Saturday 4 October 1986371,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
371,661 km230,939 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 3, 198618:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 10, 198613:28

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 1986 to the new moon of November 2, 1986, a cycle of 29.46 days.