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The Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 24, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 December 1985404,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
404,935 km251,615 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Tuesday, December 24, 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.