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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 22, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 December 1986395,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
395,645 km245,842 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.