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The Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1986: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

First Quarter at

21:11UTC

Moon phase on November 8, 1986First Quarter

Saturday 8 November 1986373,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 8, 1986, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
373,220 km231,908 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 2, 198606:02
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 8, 198621:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 16, 198612:12

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Saturday, November 8, 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.