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The Moon on Monday, September 1, 1986: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on September 1, 1986Waning Crescent

Monday 1 September 1986396,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 1, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
396,206 km246,191 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Monday, September 1, 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.