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The Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1986: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 3, 1986Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 September 1986388,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 3, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
388,304 km241,281 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 4, 1986 at 07:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Wednesday, September 3, 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.