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The Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1986: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 1986Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 October 1986377,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 30, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
377,088 km234,312 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Thursday, October 30, 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.