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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1984: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 December 1984370,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
370,368 km230,136 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1984 is on Saturday, December 8, 1984 at 10:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.