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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1986Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 December 1986402,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
402,532 km250,122 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.