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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1984: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 1984Waning Crescent

Monday 17 December 1984368,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
368,702 km229,101 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 15, 198415:25
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 22, 198411:47

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.