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The Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1985: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 7, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 December 1985368,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 7, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
368,485 km228,966 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Saturday, December 7, 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.