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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 1986: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 29 August 1986403,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
403,880 km250,959 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 27, 198608:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 4, 198607:11

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.