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The Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1986: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on September 30, 1986Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 September 1986389,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 30, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
389,516 km242,034 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 26, 198603:18
New Moon (after)Friday, October 3, 198618:55

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Tuesday, September 30, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1986 to the new moon of October 3, 1986, a cycle of 29.49 days.