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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on December 25, 1984Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 December 1984389,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
389,991 km242,329 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1984 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.