New moon dates 1986
- 1986: 13 × new moon — 10 January 1986, 9 February 1986, 10 March 1986, 9 April 1986, 9 May 1986, 7 June 1986, 7 July 1986, 5 August 1986, 4 September 1986, 3 October 1986, 2 November 1986, 1 December 1986, 31 December 1986.
New moon dates 1986
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 10 Jan | 12:21 | passed |
| Sun 9 Feb | 00:55 | passed |
| Mon 10 Mar | 14:51 | passed |
| Wed 9 Apr | 06:07 | passed |
| Fri 9 May | 22:09 | passed |
| Sat 7 Jun | 14:00 | passed |
| Mon 7 Jul | 04:54 | passed |
| Tue 5 Aug | 18:35 | passed |
| Thu 4 Sep | 07:10 | passed |
| Fri 3 Oct | 18:54 | passed |
| Sun 2 Nov | 06:01 | passed |
| Mon 1 Dec | 16:42 | passed |
| Wed 31 Dec | 03:09 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.