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The Moon on Monday, December 2, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on December 2, 1985Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 December 1985393,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 2, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
393,045 km244,227 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 27, 198512:42
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 5, 198509:01

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Monday, December 2, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 1985 to the new moon of December 12, 1985, a cycle of 29.44 days.