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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1985: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Full Moon at

19:53UTC

Moon phase on May 4, 1985Full Moon

Saturday 4 May 1985357,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1985, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
357,686 km222,256 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 357,967 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 05:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 28, 198504:25
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, May 4, 198519:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 11, 198517:34

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.