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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on December 31, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 December 1984403,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
403,676 km250,833 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1984 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at 11:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 30, 198405:28
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 7, 198502:16

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 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.