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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on December 13, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 December 1985364,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
364,206 km226,307 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 12, 198500:55
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 19, 198501:58

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1985 to the new moon of January 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.48 days.