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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1986: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 4, 1986Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 May 1986393,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
393,319 km244,397 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.