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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1985: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Last Quarter at

04:42UTC

Moon phase on April 12, 1985Last Quarter

Friday 12 April 1985386,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1985, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
386,534 km240,181 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 5, 198511:32
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, April 12, 198504:42
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 20, 198505:22

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.