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The Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 8, 1986Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 8 July 1986400,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 8, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
400,049 km248,579 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 7, 198604:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 14, 198620:10

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Tuesday, July 8, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 7, 1986 to the new moon of August 5, 1986, a cycle of 29.57 days.