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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 19, 1986Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 December 1986404,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
404,639 km251,431 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 16, 198607:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 24, 198609:17

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.