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The Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1986: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Full Moon at

12:12UTC

Moon phase on November 16, 1986Full Moon

Sunday 16 November 1986401,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 16, 1986, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
401,658 km249,579 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Beaver Moon, 401,678 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 2, 1986 at 06:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 8, 198621:11
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, November 16, 198612:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 24, 198616:51

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Sunday, November 16, 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.