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The Moon on Sunday, July 13, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on July 13, 1986Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 July 1986381,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
381,738 km237,201 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Sunday, July 13, 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.