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The Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 14, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 October 1986381,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 14, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
381,649 km237,145 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Tuesday, October 14, 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.