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The Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1986: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 30, 1986Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 July 1986404,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 30, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,051 km251,066 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Wednesday, July 30, 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.