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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1985Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 March 1985360,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
360,535 km224,026 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 7, 198502:13
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 13, 198517:34

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 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.