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The Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 7, 1985Waning Gibbous

Sunday 7 April 1985359,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 7, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
359,845 km223,597 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 5, 198511:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 12, 198504:42

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Sunday, April 7, 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.