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The Moon on Friday, February 1, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on February 1, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 February 1985389,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 1, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
389,075 km241,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Friday, February 1, 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.