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The Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 8, 1986Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 June 1986405,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 8, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
405,870 km252,196 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 15, 198612:00

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Sunday, June 8, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1986 to the new moon of July 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.62 days.