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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1986Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 July 1986393,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
393,967 km244,799 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 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.