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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on February 22, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 February 1985404,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
404,194 km251,155 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 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.