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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1986: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 1 August 1986404,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
404,955 km251,627 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 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.