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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on December 29, 1984Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 December 1984403,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
403,646 km250,814 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1984 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.