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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 1985401,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
401,499 km249,480 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.