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The Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on November 20, 1986Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 November 1986405,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
405,863 km252,192 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Thursday, November 20, 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.