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The Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1985: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on January 19, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 January 1985382,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 19, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
382,042 km237,390 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1985 is on Monday, January 7, 1985 at 02:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Saturday, January 19, 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.