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The Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1985: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

First Quarter at

03:29UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 1985First Quarter

Tuesday 29 January 1985401,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 29, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
401,783 km249,656 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 21, 198502:28
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Tuesday, January 29, 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.