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The Moon on Friday, December 5, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 5, 1986Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 December 1986365,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 5, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
365,767 km227,277 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 1, 198616:43
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 8, 198608:02

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Friday, December 5, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 1986 to the new moon of December 31, 1986, a cycle of 29.44 days.