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The Moon on Friday, July 11, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 11, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 July 1986390,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
390,206 km242,463 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Friday, July 11, 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.