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The Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on March 31, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 March 1985378,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 31, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
378,651 km235,283 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 29, 198516:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 5, 198511:32

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Sunday, March 31, 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.