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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 December 1985374,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
374,948 km232,982 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.