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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 25, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 25 December 1985403,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
403,522 km250,737 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 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.