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The Moon on Monday, December 1, 1986: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

New Moon at

16:43UTC

Moon phase on December 1, 1986New Moon

Monday 1 December 1986358,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 1, 1986, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
358,582 km222,813 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 24, 198616:51
New Moon (this day)Monday, December 1, 198616:43
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 8, 198608:02

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Monday, December 1, 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.