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The Moon on Monday, August 11, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 1986Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 August 1986376,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
376,174 km233,744 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Monday, August 11, 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.