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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Monday 15 April 1985399,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
399,989 km248,541 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.