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The Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on November 15, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 November 1986399,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 15, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
399,168 km248,031 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 8, 198621:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 16, 198612:12

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Saturday, November 15, 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.