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The Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1984: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Last Quarter at

15:25UTC

Moon phase on December 15, 1984Last Quarter

Saturday 15 December 1984371,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 15, 1984, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
371,190 km230,647 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 8, 198410:54
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 15, 198415:25
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 22, 198411:47

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Saturday, December 15, 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.