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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 30, 1985Waning Gibbous

Monday 30 December 1985389,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
389,814 km242,219 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1985 is on Friday, December 27, 1985 at 07:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 1986 at 12:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 27, 198507:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 3, 198619:47

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 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.