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The Moon on Monday, October 27, 1986: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 1986Waning Crescent

Monday 27 October 1986394,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 27, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
394,043 km244,847 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 25, 198622:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 2, 198606:02

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Monday, October 27, 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.