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The Moon on Monday, October 13, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 October 1986378,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
378,600 km235,251 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Monday, October 13, 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.