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The Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1985: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on April 14, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 April 1985396,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 14, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
396,304 km246,252 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 12, 198504:42
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 20, 198505:22

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Sunday, April 14, 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.