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The Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 1986: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on November 26, 1986Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 November 1986383,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 26, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
383,702 km238,421 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1986 is on Sunday, November 16, 1986 at 12:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 24, 198616:51
New Moon (after)Monday, December 1, 198616:43

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Wednesday, November 26, 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.