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The Moon on Tuesday, July 1, 1986: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on July 1, 1986Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 July 1986402,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 1, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
402,258 km249,952 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 29, 198600:53
New Moon (after)Monday, July 7, 198604:55

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Tuesday, July 1, 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.