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The Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on January 26, 1985Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 January 1985404,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
404,137 km251,119 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Saturday, January 26, 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.