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The Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1986: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

New Moon at

06:02UTC

Moon phase on November 2, 1986New Moon

Sunday 2 November 1986363,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 2, 1986, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
363,847 km226,084 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 25, 198622:26
New Moon (this day)Sunday, November 2, 198606:02
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 8, 198621:11

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Sunday, November 2, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 2, 1986 to the new moon of December 1, 1986, a cycle of 29.44 days.