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The Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 7, 1986Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 December 1986376,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 7, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
376,401 km233,885 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Sunday, December 7, 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.