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The Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 1986: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1986Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 July 1986401,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 29, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
401,832 km249,687 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 28, 198615:34
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 5, 198618:36

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Tuesday, July 29, 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.