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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 3, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 May 1985358,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
358,111 km222,520 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 28, 198504:25
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 4, 198519:53

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 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.