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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on November 21, 1986Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 November 1986404,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
404,807 km251,536 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 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.