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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 14, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 14 December 1986404,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
404,170 km251,140 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 1, 1986 at 16:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.