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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1985: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on March 19, 1985Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 March 1985400,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
400,802 km249,047 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.