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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1985: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 May 1985396,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
396,107 km246,129 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 11, 198517:34
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 19, 198521:41

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 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.