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The Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on April 4, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 April 1985358,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 4, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
358,546 km222,790 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at 11:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Thursday, April 4, 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.