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The Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1985: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on March 14, 1985Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 March 1985381,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 14, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
381,774 km237,223 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Thursday, March 14, 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.