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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 1986: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 31, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 31 October 1986371,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
371,662 km230,940 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.