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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 January 1985372,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
372,417 km231,409 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1985 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 13, 198523:27
New Moon (after)Monday, January 21, 198502:28

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1984 to the new moon of January 21, 1985, a cycle of 29.61 days.