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Moon phases December 1986

New moon
Mon 01 Dec
16:43 UTC
First quarter
Mon 08 Dec
08:02 UTC
Full · Cold
Tue 16 Dec
07:05 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 24 Dec
09:17 UTC
New moon
Wed 31 Dec
03:10 UTC

In December 1986 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Monday, December 1 at 16:43 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, December 8 at 08:02 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, December 16 at 07:05 UTC, the Last Quarter on Wednesday, December 24 at 09:17 UTC and the New Moon on Wednesday, December 31 at 03:10 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:43 02 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 03 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 04 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 05 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 06 Waxing Crescent, 30% lit 30% 07 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 08First Q First Quarter, 52% lit 52%08:02 09 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%07:05 17 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 18 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 19 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 20 Waning Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 21 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 22 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 23 Waning Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 24Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%09:17 25 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 26 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 27 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 28 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 29 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 30 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 31New New Moon, 0% lit 0%03:10

Exact phase times

December 1986 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 1, the First Quarter on December 8, the Full Moon on December 16, the Last Quarter on December 24 and the New Moon on December 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonMonday, December 1, 198616:43
First QuarterMonday, December 8, 198608:02
Full MoonTuesday, December 16, 198607:05
Last QuarterWednesday, December 24, 198609:17
New MoonWednesday, December 31, 198603:10

Tuesday, December 16, 1986: Cold Moon, 406,225 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 1986

Twelve full moons, one blue

26 Jan Wolf 24 Feb Snow 26 Mar Worm 24 Apr Pink total eclipse 23 May Flower Supermoon 22 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 21 Jul Buck Supermoon 19 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 18 Sept Harvest 17 Oct Hunter’s total eclipse 16 Nov Beaver Micromoon 16 Dec Cold Micromoon