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The Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on November 4, 1986Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 November 1986361,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 4, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
361,925 km224,890 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Tuesday, November 4, 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.