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The Moon on Friday, February 8, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on February 8, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 February 1985364,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 8, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
364,344 km226,393 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 12, 198507:57

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Friday, February 8, 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.