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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1984: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 1984Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 1984368,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
368,897 km229,222 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.