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The Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on May 5, 1985Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 May 1985359,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 5, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
359,176 km223,182 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 4, 198519:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 11, 198517:34

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Sunday, May 5, 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.