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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 24, 1985Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 April 1985398,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
398,860 km247,840 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 20, 198505:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 28, 198504:25

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1985 to the new moon of May 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.