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The Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 1985Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 May 1985379,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
379,133 km235,582 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Thursday, May 9, 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.