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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 1985Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 April 1985368,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
368,942 km229,250 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 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.