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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 1986: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on May 2, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 2 May 1986384,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
384,656 km239,014 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 1, 198603:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 8, 198622:10

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1986 to the new moon of May 8, 1986, a cycle of 29.67 days.