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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 December 1985401,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
401,351 km249,388 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 19, 198501:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 27, 198507:31

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.