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The Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1985: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on February 16, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 February 1985387,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 16, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
387,505 km240,784 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Saturday, February 16, 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.