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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 1986Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 October 1986398,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
398,443 km247,581 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 17, 198619:22
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 25, 198622:26

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 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.