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The Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on March 28, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 March 1985395,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 28, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
395,587 km245,806 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Thursday, March 28, 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.