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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on March 22, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 March 1985405,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
405,824 km252,167 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 21, 198511:59
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 29, 198516:11

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1985 to the new moon of April 20, 1985, a cycle of 29.72 days.