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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on December 11, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 December 1986396,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
396,065 km246,103 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 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.