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The Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1985: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 10, 1985Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 December 1985358,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 10, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,932 km223,030 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Tuesday, December 10, 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.