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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 1985Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 December 1985392,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
392,911 km244,143 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.