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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1986: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 3, 1986Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 July 1986405,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
405,782 km252,141 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 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.