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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 July 1986361,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
361,226 km224,455 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 7, 1986 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 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.