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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1986: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 1986Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 August 1986401,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
401,891 km249,723 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 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.