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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1985: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on February 17, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 February 1985390,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
390,870 km242,875 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.