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The Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 July 1986372,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
372,620 km231,535 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 14, 198620:10
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 21, 198610:40

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Tuesday, July 15, 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.