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The Moon on Monday, April 1, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 1, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Monday 1 April 1985372,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 1, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
372,431 km231,418 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Monday, April 1, 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.