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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 9, 1986Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 July 1986397,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
397,196 km246,806 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 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.