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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 1985405,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,075 km251,702 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1985 is on Saturday, May 4, 1985 at 19:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.