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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 October 1986373,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
373,168 km231,876 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 10, 198613:28
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 17, 198619:22

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 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.