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The Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 19, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 July 1986360,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
360,916 km224,263 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Saturday, July 19, 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.