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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1986: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 25, 1986Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 December 1986379,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
379,390 km235,742 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1986 is on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at 07:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at 03:10 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 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.