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The Moon on Saturday, November 1, 1986: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on November 1, 1986Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 November 1986367,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 1, 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
367,120 km228,118 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1986 is on Friday, October 17, 1986 at 19:22 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 25, 198622:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 2, 198606:02

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Saturday, November 1, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 1986 to the new moon of November 2, 1986, a cycle of 29.46 days.