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The Moon on Monday, July 28, 1986: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Last Quarter at

15:34UTC

Moon phase on July 28, 1986Last Quarter

Monday 28 July 1986398,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 28, 1986, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
398,432 km247,574 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 198610:40
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 28, 198615:34
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 5, 198618:36

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Monday, July 28, 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.