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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on December 23, 1984Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 December 1984380,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
380,471 km236,414 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1984 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 22, 198411:47
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 30, 198405:28

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1984 to the new moon of January 21, 1985, a cycle of 29.61 days.