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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on February 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 15 February 1985384,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
384,043 km238,633 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 12, 198507:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 19, 198518:43

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 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.