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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 October 1986384,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
384,889 km239,159 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.