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The Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1986: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on July 2, 1986Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 July 1986404,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 2, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,537 km251,367 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Wednesday, July 2, 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.