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The Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1986: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1986Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 June 1986401,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 3, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
401,858 km249,703 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 30, 198612:55
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Tuesday, June 3, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.