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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 28, 1984Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 December 1984401,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
401,691 km249,599 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1984 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.