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The Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on February 21, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 February 1985402,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 21, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
402,364 km250,017 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 198518:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 27, 198523:41

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Thursday, February 21, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1985 to the new moon of March 21, 1985, a cycle of 29.72 days.