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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 6, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 December 1984397,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
397,501 km246,996 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 22, 1984 at 22:57 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 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.