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The Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 13, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 December 1986402,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
402,145 km249,881 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Saturday, December 13, 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.