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The Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1986Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 July 1986366,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
366,648 km227,824 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 198610:40
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 28, 198615:34

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Tuesday, July 22, 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.