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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on April 26, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 April 1985390,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
390,781 km242,820 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.