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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 1, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 March 1985389,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
389,482 km242,013 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 27, 198523:41
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 7, 198502:13

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 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.