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The Moon on Monday, November 17, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on November 17, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 November 1986403,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 17, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
403,693 km250,843 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 16, 198612:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 24, 198616:51

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Monday, November 17, 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.