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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1985: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 1985Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 April 1985402,813 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
402,813 km250,296 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 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.