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The Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on November 18, 1986Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 November 1986405,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
405,165 km251,758 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Tuesday, November 18, 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.