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The Moon on Thursday, July 10, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 10, 1986Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 July 1986393,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 10, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
393,907 km244,762 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Thursday, July 10, 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.