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The Moon on Monday, May 6, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 1985Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 May 1985362,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 6, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
362,452 km225,217 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Monday, May 6, 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.