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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 1985: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Full Moon at

07:31UTC

Moon phase on December 27, 1985Full Moon

Friday 27 December 1985399,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 1985, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
399,015 km247,937 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 399,508 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 19, 198501:58
Full Moon (this day)Friday, December 27, 198507:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 3, 198619:47

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 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.