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The Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 25, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 April 1985395,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 25, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
395,184 km245,556 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Thursday, April 25, 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.