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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 December 1986399,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
399,453 km248,208 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 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.