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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on December 10, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 December 1986391,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
391,976 km243,562 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 8, 198608:02
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 16, 198607:05

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.