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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1985: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1985Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 May 1985403,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
403,152 km250,507 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 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.