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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 January 1985399,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
399,952 km248,518 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 21, 198502:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.