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The Moon on Monday, November 3, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 3, 1986Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 November 1986362,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 3, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
362,092 km224,994 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 2, 198606:02
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 8, 198621:11

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Monday, November 3, 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.