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The Moon on Friday, November 7, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on November 7, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 November 1986369,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 7, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
369,227 km229,427 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Friday, November 7, 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.