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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1986: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 1986Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 July 1986405,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
405,070 km251,699 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.