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The Moon on Friday, December 6, 1985: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 6 December 1985373,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 6, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
373,545 km232,110 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 5, 198509:01
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 12, 198500:55

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Friday, December 6, 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.