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The Moon on Friday, April 19, 1985: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on April 19, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 19 April 1985406,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 19, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
406,511 km252,594 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1985 is on Friday, April 5, 1985 at 11:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Friday, April 19, 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.