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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1985: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Last Quarter at

17:34UTC

Moon phase on March 13, 1985Last Quarter

Wednesday 13 March 1985376,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 1985, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
376,759 km234,107 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 7, 198502:13
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 13, 198517:34
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 21, 198511:59

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.