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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1985: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1985394,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
394,730 km245,274 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 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.