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The Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on March 26, 1985Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 March 1985402,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
402,759 km250,263 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Tuesday, March 26, 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.