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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1986: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 1986Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 July 1986405,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
405,544 km251,993 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 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.