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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 December 1984400,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
400,509 km248,865 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 22, 1984 at 22:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 30, 198408:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 8, 198410:54

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1984 to the new moon of December 22, 1984, a cycle of 29.53 days.