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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 August 1986386,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
386,169 km239,954 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 5, 198618:36
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 13, 198602:22

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1986 to the new moon of September 4, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.